Rich Dahl
R.I.P. 7/21/2024
Okay guys listen up. Those of you who are trying to find an early genesis gasser to restore some of you are saying when you find one “it’s over an hour away” or “its 45 miles to where it’s at, way too far to go get it”
Well Barb and I sucked it up and made a two day one night 500 mile, yes 500 mile round trip to get a Red head 1996 genesis 1000 that needs a boat load of work to get it back to decent condition.
That my forum friends is Weber dedication or sheer stupidity depending on how you look at it.
The plan was to go see forum member LarryR in Las Vegas to get the grill and spend a couple of nights there on the strip, well we heard on the news as we were leaving Larry’s house in Las Vegas that there was a mandatory evacuation of the town next to ours because of a 25,000 acre fire. So the plans changed.
We got home pretty quick and fortunately everything was okay with our home.
This puppy was in a world of hurts and I wasn’t sure we could get a pulse back on it. But thanks to my wonderful wife Barb who stayed right with me through which turned out to be three days of cleaning in the garage with it being over 105 all three days.
Barb took command of the top while I took on the firebox. She did a fantastic job of cleaning the inside and outside redid the side panels, it really looks great.
I used my angle grinder with a 4 inch wire brush and it took me about 4 hours to get the inside clean. That hot Nevada sun turned everything into the hardness of concreate.
Next I took care of the frame and Barb went after the CI grates. The frame was pretty easy, but Barb worked on the grates for hours before we thought they were okay.
Next I repaired the stuck valves on the manifold did a leak test and everything was fine. The burners were solid but completely plugged up, Barb took those on and with my air compressor and a lot of scrubbing got them unplugged. Did a fire test and everything worked fine and looked good.
Still need to get a swing up table and new ignitor and the drip tray holder and if I can find a Durawood flip up table I’ll try and find a matching Durawood shelf for it.
Thanks for stopping by
Well Barb and I sucked it up and made a two day one night 500 mile, yes 500 mile round trip to get a Red head 1996 genesis 1000 that needs a boat load of work to get it back to decent condition.
That my forum friends is Weber dedication or sheer stupidity depending on how you look at it.
The plan was to go see forum member LarryR in Las Vegas to get the grill and spend a couple of nights there on the strip, well we heard on the news as we were leaving Larry’s house in Las Vegas that there was a mandatory evacuation of the town next to ours because of a 25,000 acre fire. So the plans changed.
We got home pretty quick and fortunately everything was okay with our home.
This puppy was in a world of hurts and I wasn’t sure we could get a pulse back on it. But thanks to my wonderful wife Barb who stayed right with me through which turned out to be three days of cleaning in the garage with it being over 105 all three days.
Barb took command of the top while I took on the firebox. She did a fantastic job of cleaning the inside and outside redid the side panels, it really looks great.
I used my angle grinder with a 4 inch wire brush and it took me about 4 hours to get the inside clean. That hot Nevada sun turned everything into the hardness of concreate.
Next I took care of the frame and Barb went after the CI grates. The frame was pretty easy, but Barb worked on the grates for hours before we thought they were okay.
Next I repaired the stuck valves on the manifold did a leak test and everything was fine. The burners were solid but completely plugged up, Barb took those on and with my air compressor and a lot of scrubbing got them unplugged. Did a fire test and everything worked fine and looked good.
Still need to get a swing up table and new ignitor and the drip tray holder and if I can find a Durawood flip up table I’ll try and find a matching Durawood shelf for it.
Thanks for stopping by
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